16-05-2019 16:43
Despite some growing interest, private investment in Vietnamese healthcare ventures remains low, with calls to supplement incentives for new projects in order to attract more funding. Lawyers Le Net, Pham Manh Hung, and Hoang Nhu Quynh of LNT & Partners, which has just received the Vietnam Law Firm of the Year award from Thomson Reuters, offer analysis and recommendations on the current regulations of public-private partnerships in the healthcare sector.
01-05-2019 09:00
Vietnam is amending the Law on Investment 2014 and Law on Enterprises 2014, aiming to bring half a decade old laws up to speed with current realities. Nguyen Xuan Thuy and Vu Thanh Minh, partners of LNT & Partners, which has just been awarded for the second time as Vietnam Law Firm of the Year 2019 by ALB Thomson Reuters, delves into what key changes the amendment should focus on to clear away existing barriers to leverage private investment in the future.
02-04-2019 09:55
Vietnam’s latest and most comprehensive regulation on wind power development is expected to leave much room for improvement. Dr. Le Net (left), Le Thanh Hieu (middle), and Vo Phuong Thao (right), lawyers at LNT & Partners, provide their analysis of whether the changes will be sufficient to tackle market criticisms of past regulations and attract further investment in Vietnam’s wind energy market.
18-01-2018 08:00
The real estate market expects 2018 to be another great year for foreign investment. Lawyer Le Net of LNT and Partners spoke to VIR's Le Son about the difficulties real estate developers are facing and the legal issues they hope will be resolved this year.
24-01-2017 14:00
To ensure a smooth transition into its free-trade era, Vietnam has been adjusting its internal practices to fit those of the global economy. The outdated requirement for signed invoices on imported goods, as law firm LNT & Partners associate Nguyen Thi Chau Thanh explains, is one more significant stumbling block.
19-09-2015 11:11
On 25 June 2015, the State Bank of Vietnam issued Circular No. 07/2015/TT-NHNN on bank guarantee which is considered as one of the most important documents regulating bank guarantee applied to domestic credit organizations, branches of foreign banks for foreign customers. The Circular is to replace the previous one, namely Circular No. 28/2012/TT-NHNN on 03 October 2012 issued by the State Bank of Vietnam on bank guarantee.
10-03-2015 14:40
The government recently released Decree 15 to provide a comprehensive legal framework for public-private partnership projects, replacing the old regulations. Net Le and Loi Huynh of LNT & Partners took a closer look.
06-01-2015 16:02
Last year the Vietnamese government reviewed and implemented several new policies to bolster the economy, lawyers from LNT Law Firm writes.
10-11-2014 15:11
Most legal jurisdictions recognise that employees within a company can sign a contract within the scope of their employment to bind the company to perform.
07-10-2014 11:31
LNT’s Thai Binh Tran and Quang Dao Nguyen look at some of the issues raised by the Ministry of Construction’s Circular 03 which insists on a standardised approach to property contracts between individuals and real estate developers.
15-09-2014 08:30
On May 14, the government issued Decree 42/2014/ND-CP regulating multi-level sales activities. Decree 42 took effect on July 1, 2014 and replaced Decree 110/2005/ND-CP. To detail certain provisions of Decree 42/2014/ND-CP, on July 30 the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Circular 24/2014/TT-BCT, which will come into effect from September 15.
08-09-2014 09:14
While investors’ interest in Vietnam has translated into healthy growth in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and foreign direct investment (FDI), the potentially far reaching impact of the Competition Law is not understood by many players, writes Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan from LNT & Partners.
03-09-2014 11:00
LNT & Partners’ Hoang Nguyen Ha Quyen and Logan Leung take a look at the State Bank of Vietnam and Ministry of Finance’s new regulations outlined in Joint Circular 86/2014/TTLT-BTC-NHNNVN on managing the sale of insurance via the banking sector, which come into effect from September 1, 2014.
12-08-2014 23:10
While investors’ interest in Vietnam has translated into healthy growth in M&As and foreign direct investment (FDI), the potentially far reaching impact of the Competition Law is not understood by many players, writes Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan from LNT & Partners.
12-08-2014 23:10
Vietnam’s dormant property market is tailor-made for M&As to kick-start it back into life. However, TRAN THAI BINH, head of Real Estate & Infrastructure Practice Group - LNT & Partners, writes that administrative procedures need to be streamlined to get deals moving.